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(ModeL) 1 J. P. OHMER.

Caster.

No. 230,191. Patented July 20, I880.

"WITNESSES I mvzmdn I Q I I flq' ATT RNEY MPETERS, PHOTOLITMOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. OHMER, OF DAYTON, ASSIGNOR WILLCOX, TREADWAY & (30., OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,191, dated July 20, 1880. Application filed May 11, 1880. (Model) To all whom it may concern: size and depth is made in the bottom of the Be it known that I, JOHN F. OHMER, of leg and the shank D inserted by means of a Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and wrench applied to the nut or flange O. The, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and shank is then driven into theleg until the latuseful Improvements in Furniture- Casters; ter rests upon the flange or nut G.

and I do hereby declare the following to be a K The improvements I claim over that (le- 3 5 full, clear, and exact description of the invenscribed in my former patent are that the casttion, such as will enable others skilled in the ings can be made smoother and thejob, when art to which it pertains to make and use it, refcompleted, more perfect than when made solid, erence being had to the accompanying drawand at the same time the nut O is provided ings, which form part of this specification. with means by which the screw can be driven 40 My invention relates to furniture-casters; into the furniture-leg. and it consists of an improvement upon a de- What I claim is vice upon which Letters Patent were granted In a furniture-caster, the combination, with to me October 11, 1875, N 0. 168,773. screw D, having a portion of its lower extrem' In the drawings, Figure l is a View, in side ity formed angular in cross-section, of nut O, 4 5 elevatiomof acaster made according to myinprovided with a central opening correspondvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of ing in form to said angular section of the the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the plate screw, and in which the same fits, said nut or flange. .having a non-circular periphery, substantially In the said drawings, A represents the oras set forth. o dinary wheel or roller revolving upon a pin, In testimony whereofI have signed my name a, in the horn B. O is a flange or plate, upon to this specification in the presence of two subwhich the furniture-leg rests. D is a solid scribing witnesses.

screw adapted to enter the le The latter is rivetedto the horn B afterbeing passed through JOHN OHMER' its hub. Witnesses:

The application of my device to a furniture- JNo. GROWELL, J r.,

leg is readily apparent. A hole of sufficient WILLARD 'FRAOKER. 

